 | 1795 - 758 pagina’s
...Clarke and Son. It is an old law adage, copied from the Italian proverb of Che s'infegna, &c. that the man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client. If he undertakes, of choice, to become fo in making his will, he feems to us to verify the proverb... | |
 | 1830 - 614 pagina’s
...bear upon terms and phrases which are deemed equivocal and inexplicit. lie seems to think " that every man who is his own lawyer, has a fool for his client." It does not however appear, that Mr. Dickson supposes all cases to be thus ex posed to risks and difficulties,... | |
 | William Clarke - 1830 - 316 pagina’s
...lease, as to render the house unfit for his purpose; or that the restrictions may inmaxim, " That every man who is his own lawyer, has a fool for his client." The law is a difficult and a profound science, and requires the period of a whole life to be expended... | |
 | Esq. Richard Dickson - 1830 - 226 pagina’s
...that " It is dangerous meddling with edged tools," and of the no less sensible maxim, " That every man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client." The law is a difficult and a profound science, and requires the period of a whole life to be expended... | |
 | 1838 - 488 pagina’s
...if not, send another." But beware of extending this to lawbusiness, for it is also written — " The man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client." " The d — 1's luck to you" is a proverbial wish amongst the common people, when they bear an ill-will... | |
 | 1841 - 490 pagina’s
...the argument: but we quote the facts for another purpose—to illustrate Lord Mansfield's doctrine, that" a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client." " I once had an opportunity of watching the progress of a single redemption suit, which occupied the... | |
 | 1841 - 496 pagina’s
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 | 1841 - 578 pagina’s
...subject for the genius of the modern Moliere — the inexhaustible Scribe. If it be allowed that the man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client, it must be as obvious that he who is his own apothecary has for his patient an individual equally devoid... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1845 - 788 pagina’s
...by the petitioner. I fully appreciate, my Lords, the force of that proverb which tells us that the man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client. I therefore would not trust to my own interpretation of the Statutes in question. I had recourse to... | |
 | 1849 - 544 pagina’s
...case, well remarks, that " In Civil Courts it is a maxim, justified by every day's experience, that the man -who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client. Military Courts would , practically enforce an opposite doctrine." Not only the military, but many... | |
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There is a popular impression, for which there is a good deal to be said, that a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client. 
